Date: Tue, 27 Jan 98 14:38:00 PST From: Adam Turoff <AdamT@smginc.com> To: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Gigabit ethernet cards for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <34CE61E6@smginc.com>
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>Just wondering if there are any for FreeBSD , how they perform and how > much they cost? Don't have much FreeBSD specific info, but I remember reading an article within the last 2 weeks about Gigabit NICs, and the results were rather interesting. WebWeek perhaps? Sunworld? They tested about 3 NICs on platforms that could run 2 OSes - AlphaServers for NT/DecUNIX, etc. I remember the average throughput was around 400Mbit, with the high water mark being 600Mbit for Irix (?) doing UDP. All in all, the NT tests were rather lame seemed to hover around 200Mbit. Obviously a problem in the networking stack. :-) Some of these cards were PCI, so it's only a case of driver support for FreeBSD, and of course cost. HTH, -- Adam.
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